Condoms Keep You STI-Free and Make Your Ladyparts Healthier

We all know that wearing condoms is totally necessary if we want to keep our ladyparts disease-free (and our wombs baby-free).

We all know that wearing condoms is totally necessary to stay disease-slash-baby free.

But! Did you know that suiting up can actually make your vagina healthier, too?

New research out of China found that women who consistently use condoms have greater amounts of a certain good bacteria called lactobacillus in their nether regions. Lactobacillus blocks harmful bacteria from moving on in and helps our vagines stay at their ideal pH—crucial for keeping yeast infections at bay. The bacteria has even been thought to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Pretty bomb, huh?

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Of course, it's not like we needed another reason to make sure a guy wraps his whacker, but, hey, we'll take it!

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